Atlanta Parents Forgive Sons For Trying To Kill Them Over Insurance Money (Photos)

A Georgia couple said Friday they have forgiven two sons accused of trying to kill them by drugging and brutally attacking them before attempting to blow up the family’s suburban Atlanta home.

Yvonne and Zachery Ervin, both 50, spoke publicly for the first time since the alleged September 5 attack with local news media outlets outside Gwinnett County Court.

Their sons, Christopher Ervin, 22, and Cameron Ervin, 17, face charges including aggravated assault and arson after allegedly strangling and beating Yvonne and stabbing Zachary.

Standing next to his wife, who still had bruises on her face from the attack, Zachary said: ‘We forgive our sons and we love them unconditionally.

‘We had to make sure they understand that.’

Friday was the first time the Ervins had been at a hearing for the brothers, WSB-TV reported.

‘Those were not our boys that did that to us,’ Yvonne said.

‘We did not raise our boys that way.

‘We understand there are consequences for what they did, they understand that, but we’re just praying that the world forgives them the same way that we forgive them.’

A search warrant released earlier in the week revealed one of the brothers had fantasized about murdering his parents and collecting the insurance money ever since he was 11.

Police did not indicate whether it was Christopher or Cameron.

The couple declined to discuss the motive for the attack and instead spread a positive message.

Yvonne said: ‘God has done miraculous healing with us.

‘We’re doing great. We’re healing both mentally and physically.’

While Zachary distracted them during the September attack, Yvonne called 911 and told a dispatcher that her sons were trying to kill her.

She said they had drugged her and her husband by putting Xanax in their drinks before the attack.

When officers arrived, they found a bloody scene inside the family’s home.

Zachary emerged from the garage covered in blood, Gwinnett County police said.

The brothers had also turned on the gas to the fireplace and lit a candle in a failed attempt to blow up the house, Gwinnett County District Attorney Danny Porter has said.

The parents told police their sons also tried to strangle them, and Yvonne said that what she believed was a flammable liquid had been poured on her, WXIA reported.

The brothers are being held without bail.

-Daily Mail